Sohu Sports News Beijing time on the early morning of December 13th, the 2021 Snooker Scotland game came to an end. In the final, Brecher defeated Higgins 9-5 and won his second ranking championship in his career. Snooker’s recent rankings have also changed after the Scottish game. With the recent outstanding performance, Brecher is currently ranked 15th, returning to the top 16 after three years, Selby, Trump and O’Sullivan. Still occupying the top three, Zhao Xintong ranked 9th among Chinese players and Ding Junhui ranked 29th.
Brecher once again returned to the top 16
The Belgian star Brechel’s ranking rebounded this season with an amazing momentum. Due to the previous sluggish performance, Brechel’s historical ranking has fallen to 40th before the start of the British Championships. Since then, he has strongly opened the chasing mode and reached the finals. The runner-up won a prize of 80,000 pounds, and the ranking quickly rose to 19th, but unfortunately failed to return to the top 16 to qualify for the Masters. The Scottish race Brecher continued to be in good shape and entered the final. This time he defeated Higgins to win the cup and won the championship prize of 70,000 pounds. The ranking continued to soar after winning 150,000 pounds in the two races. At present, Brecher’s temporary points have been Reached 246,000, surpassing Yan Bingtao and Zhou Yuelong to rise to 15th place. Following the beginning of the 2019/2020 season, Brechel returned to the top 16 after two seasons.
Selby and Little Rockets are in the top three
Selby ranked first in the standings. After seven consecutive seasons of glory, Selby slipped from the peak for two seasons and won three ranking matches including the World Championships last season. The large amount of bonus income brought by the championship, this season will dismount Trumpra, who has been a god-level performance in the last two years, and return to the world‘s first position. At present, Selby’s temporary points of 1034500 are also the only one to exceed Millions of players still occupy the top position in the world.
In second place is Trump. The latter has won 11 ranking championships in the last two seasons. Prior to this, there was also the World Championship championship. Last season, he returned to the top position after a lapse of 6 years. The poor performance in the opening stage resulted in the loss of the top position, and the only championship won was not counted in the points ranking. At present, Trump’s total bonus of 991,500 and Selby are less than 50,000 pounds, but as Trump will continue to deduct the points of 6 championships in the 2019/2020 season, it may continue to expand and Selby’s in the future. The difference between the points. Ranked third is “Rocket” O’Sullivan. Last season, he scored 5 runner-ups to help him gain a lot of points. This season is a sluggish performance. He only made the semi-finals once and only gained 20,000 pounds. Bonus, the total bonus of 876,500 is currently ranked third, but there is not much difference with Robertson behind him.
Robertson participated in fewer matches this season. Only the English champion earned 70,000 pounds. The total prize money of 815,000 is now behind O’Sullivan by 60,000 pounds. Wilson, Higgins, Murphy and Williams ranked in the top ten next. .
Zhao Xintong’s 9th Ding Junhui slipped to 29th
Among the Chinese players, Zhao Xintong, who has won 200,000 pounds in the British Championships, is currently the highest ranked player in China. He has reached the top ten in one race and is currently ranked 9th, and is currently the player with the highest points in a single season. He has won the Masters. , Grand Prix, Players Tournament and Tour qualifications. In the future, Zhao Xintong is expected to continue to improve his ranking. The points of the British Championship can be maintained for two seasons. In the future, all Chinese teenagers will compete among the top players.
After Zhao Xintong is Yan Bingtao. With his outstanding performance in the last two seasons, Yan Bingtao locked up a top 16 seat early. He won the World Championships seed qualification for the first time last season. At the beginning of the season, he scored in the Northern Ireland Championship and won the semi-finals of the Champions League. In spite of the recent pressure on points, he still kept the top 16 seed position. The current total points of 243,000 are only ahead of Lisovsky by 4,000 pounds, and he may lose the top 16 rankings if he is not careful. Zhou Yuelong briefly broke into the top sixteen before, but due to the early exit of the British Championships and Zhao Xintong’s strong victory, the original masters seat was lost, and then the Scottish game was surpassed by Brechel. The total prize money is 189,500. Ranked 18th, there is a gap of nearly 50,000 pounds from the top sixteen, and it is more difficult to get back.
Ding Junhui, the most watched Chinese player, ushered in the continued decline in rankings. With the 200,000 pounds relegation brought by the 2019 British Championships, Ding Junhui has maintained the top ten ranking despite poor performance in the last two seasons. Ding Junhui at the British Championships this season is under pressure to deduct £200,000 points from the previous two seasons. He was unable to turn the tide and dropped to 25th and lost his record of participating in the Masters for 15 consecutive years. In this site, Ding Junhui in Scotland lost to Zhang Anda in the qualifying round and failed to win any points. The current ranking has fallen to 29th, and he lost his seat in the next Grand Prix due to fewer points. This season, Ding Junhui is left to fight. There are not many competitions. If there is still no outstanding performance, the ranking may continue to decline this season.Return to Sohu to see more
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